The Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun invite applications for engaging Project Fellows for
the following projects. The process of selection of Project Fellows will include 1.5 hrs of written
test followed by Interview on 13 August, 2018.
Project 1: Ecological responses of flora and fauna to climate change in the Trans-Himalayan
landscape with special reference to vulnerability and adaptations
Project
Funding agency: UNDP and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate
Requirement: Three (3) JPFs purely on contractual basis for a period of ONE YEAR
Location of Project site Ladakh, J&K and Himachal Pradesh
Essential Qualification
(EQ)
Post Graduate Degree in Botany/Forestry/Environmental
Science/Wildlife Science/Life sciences with 60% marks
Desirable Qualification
(DQ)
Research experience on Floristic/Ecological
surveys/Climate change/RS &GIS related studies in
western Himalaya
Work description Understand the effect of climatic variability on grazing
grounds for wild and domestic ungulates – Resource
dispersion and availability, interrelationship between the
productivity and forage dependence by ungulates (wild and
domestic) – Resource Utilization and Specificity and the
nature of vulnerability to climate change adaptation by the
local pastoral communities – Livelihood and Natural
resource dependence vis a vis vulnerability
Project 2: Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Soil Health through Microbial
and Plant Communities in Alpine Ecosystems of Indian Himalayan Region- GoIGEF-UNDP
Third NATCOM Project
Funding agency: UNDP and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Requirement: One (1) JRF purely on contractual basis for a period of ONE YEAR
Location of Project site WII Dehradun, with extensive traveling to alpine areas in
the Indian Himalayan Region (Uttarakhand and Sikkim)
Essential Qualification
(EQ)
Post Graduate Degree in Botany/ Environmental Sciences/
Life Sciences/ Forestry with minimum 60% marks
Desirable Qualification
(DQ)
Experience of field work on sampling Himalayan
vegetation micro-flora / soil and nutrient analysis
Phenocam based study of plant phenology and analysis of
responses of plants to climatic variation;
Science writing and good communication skills
Work description Required to assist in field research in the alpine ecosystems
especially to conduct assessment of soil microbial health in
the Indian Himalayan Region and other project related
activities
Project 3: Mainstreaming landscape approach for biodiversity conservation, improved
livelihoods and ecosystem health in Kailash Sacred Landscape part of India
Funding Agency: Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, through
Uttarakhand State Biodiversity Board
Requirement: One (1) JRF purely on contractual basis for a period of ONE YEAR
extendable for one more year depending upon the requirement
Location of Project site WII Dehradun, with extensive traveling to remote parts of
Kailash Sacred Landscape in India (Pithoragarh District,
Uttarakhand.
Essential Qualification
(EQ)
Post Graduate Degree in Botany/ Environmental Sciences/
Life Sciences/ Forestry with minimum 60% marks
Desirable Qualification
(DQ)
Experience of field work on sampling Himalayan
vegetation, Socio-economic surveys
Experience of working on in-situ and ex-situ conservation
of medicinal plants / orchids
Work description Required to prepare participatory natural resource
management plans for the pilot villages in Kailash Sacred
Landscape in India
Age and Emoluments
for above mentioned
projects
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